ninepins

Japanese: ninepins
ninepins

…An indoor sport said to be the origin of bowling. It is called ninepins because the nine pins are arranged in a diamond shape, and it is still popular in Europe today. Roman bowling, in which 1 to 17 pins are knocked down, was popular in ancient and medieval European countries, but it became even more popular when the German religious reformer Luther standardized the rules to nine pins. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "ninepins" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ボウリングの原型といわれる室内競技。目標のピンが菱形状に9本並んでいることからナインピンズninepinsと呼ばれ,ヨーロッパでは現在も愛好者が多い。古代から中世のヨーロッパ諸国で流行した1~17本のピンを倒すローマ式ボウリングを,ドイツの宗教改革家ルターが9本のピンに統一したルールを作ってさらに普及した。…

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